.SHOCKING ACCUMCNT. A boy, milned Turner, eight years of n(ja, n (ton of Mr. JCdivnrd Turner, la borer, living nt Little Itivcr, wan liillrd ycnlcrtlny afternoon. 'J'he lad. it npprnni, wan returning from nclioi.il with his ninter, when a tract ion en Bine, with two wnfttriuiii nltnehed, pnn«ed n-oii|;. The children jumped in to ono of the wnffffona, anil hud pro ceeded within a whorl dintnnee of their futlier'n reiiitlence, when the boy fell from the wnfwoli, with the renull, Hint, ono of the wheels panned over hin licuA, nriiHhiiig it to pulp and lulling him Iniitnntly. The cunlonuiry intniciit will bti held.

AN lNlMNT'H DKATI1. An iii(|iienl wan held al the Morgue lu-ilny coiicernine; the ileath of a newly- born female child, whose body wiui fomitl in a corporation tip ut lCiwt Frnliron on the mornine; of October U.'trd, The medienl evidence wan to the effect that death wan due to nuf focnlion, the renull of violent prcBHuro on the. windpipe, The Coroner recor ded a verdict that the child on or nhotil the L'lnt October was murdered by iioiuti penion or pcrnonu unknown noon afti'r birth by helmr imlVucated. 1

MIST IN WJIKAT. ? -a. _ Dioi'AirnticNTAr. hici'out. The ft.lliiwiiiff rej)ort on the (|Ue«tion of runt in wheat I11111 been forwarded to thn Victorian Department of Agri culture by Mr. fli'Alpiuo, the (iovorn meni, palholoijmt :—, ' Tim promimi o| nn abundant har veiit is iiHHiircd, but there are vni-ioim lactom in certnin locnlitieti which will prevent the yield bulng an larjjn nn it otherwine would bo. Ju intiny in Hliiiuvii ilnj; unitit in pruvnlent, 'which ini({ht have been Im-ffcly avoided if there hud been proper treatnicnt of the fieed, It hi often called blaelc runt, but it in totally dilTurrnt from the true runt, and in amenable to need (rent, meat. There linn nlno been n Ini-pc amount of Urn funjfini known an the 'wheat ntem killer/ and nnim roun iipe-' cimciiH of it have been nent from tbe northern dhtrictii under the name of 'take nil.' Hut the dincniie which i» mont dreaded, mid hnn already bcffim to nhow in the i-rupH, in runt. The only ineann at pronont known c'f elfc...

i!i«iiiiiPl-KMs [?] »mf K^TtUe ..loininu-al WiWd nou-commiKli!pncd olli-. ftflff S^W'-»itini-i»t to IhUinilrno »fefi!» will be held onVhe ^:-rd Sp/fiWSli November next. A emxhdute ^llWot bo eligible for appointment 'Spiin he' in within the nfji.-a ofS^J and ?05, and uuIcsh he Iuih nerved at leiiiit throe yearn ill the military forces ufs tho Coinmonwt'idth, exce|)i lindi.-r Hpu oia! circumBtanccs np|irovcd by the Minister. The application of candi dates who huve nerved in the military forci-H of tlm C.'ommonwciillh will be iiubmidcd to the Ntnlc Comiiinudnntrs through the usual cIiiiiiiicIh. (,'onimand ing oiliccni will in their rccommendii tions ntatu their opinion from personal knowledge of the eligibility of the can didate for appoint mint. SOUTH AFRICAN OI.AS)'. It him been officially announced thnl service, in South Africa for i»ny period lietween .lammiy IkI and ? De cemlier Hint, i'.KIl, and ' .January ' IhL and May HI, l(l(«, nualilies for' tlm award ('-f tliu elimps for '.S...

MAA\.(iVA) INSIU/.11 TO THU HHI T1SII KJ/AC!.,'.' In certnin newspapcri publislu'tl in Aunlrnlia a Htatenicnt /wan made to wards the end of September with re ference to an nlWed limult lo the liri tinh ling by Krcurh 'residents on the inland of I'ipi, in tlm New llcrbrides. In Ihe course of the article it wnn Minted on the authority ''' a resident, in the group, tlu-t 11 number of I'Ycnch sctllerii on the island were liberated convicts. The- paragraph Ims received the attention of Ihe British Ucsidcnt Comminnione.' in Ihe Xew Ilcrbiiiles, who is aimoun tlml it should be known in Australia that there is only one lihrrivU'il convict on thnl iHland, and he knoWM froni personal ncquuint ance ninny of Ihe Krench coIoiuhIh who have established themnelvcs tlmrci. He npcnk'i of them an highly respectable penicni', who are worthy represent n- t ivi;» of the I'ri'iieli nation. Captain Hiihim is nnxioun that (he characti'r o| the Krench residents at lOpi nhould bo cleared ol the slur enst upon...

Tll-M mililNU PASSION. .1?raU)' a 'now'sj'mpcr'wns HUtif^^^Sm^ ly in Ihe I'rotcctionist interest. JT chanced that Ihe editor, who by (he way is a Federal mcinber, was called suddenly on a journey that would oc cupy iiome davn. During his absence he asked u hrolWr member lo edit the paper while he wnn away. At the sumo time he (rave (he publisher instruct ions lo forward him copies regularly. On opening the lirst that reached him he, to bin horror, found a leading article as red-hot in I'Vcctrndc favor ns II was possible for an article to be. In the next number wan a leader of his own on Prolection- nil but a footnote- ? which completely 'cut Ihe soul' out of the preceding ' an.', u incut. A frantic, wire was sent to the prinler (o use no more leaders till Ihe editor-proprietor's return. Those Iwo mcmbi'in have nol met. Minc.it, There is, however, a legend exlnnt Hint n dienilful fale awaits Ihe ['Yeetruder, when they do meet.